Every time I encounter one in the wild, it brings out the bully in me. I just want to ram it into the weeds and hope no one ever finds it.

Check to see if it's still there? Or if it even had one to begin with?

Not full of potential per se, but a good and reasonably willing receiver of potential in the way of crazy engine swaps. That said, would you really want to take that sucker for a lap around Laguna Seca, or Nordschliefe? I doubt it would be enloyable with all the white knuckle driving in a short wheelbase high center…

I like Viggo the Mortensen better.

See that thing on the left hand side? That's Nas, enough to blow himself up.

This is just one more reason why the Volvo 200 series will always have a place in my heart and my garage.

This is the proper essence of drifting, the way I imagine it started back in Japan. No pretension, no gimmicks, no sales pitch. Just a bunch of car guys sliding around and having a blast. This is what I henceforth deem "Roots Drifting".

It's drifting like in the beginning of drift culture. Its 'roots drifting'.

I get the feeling that the kit manufacturer wouldn't use unproven components, and that a complete inspection would likely have revealed a worn or damaged part before it failed. Judging by all the other criticisms relating to this car/driver, I think it would be reasonable to assume that his lax attitude toward safety…

You can see in the damage pics that it is a Fiberglas body so it could be original, but is likely a kit, as most Shelby costumers spend the extra dough to have an aluminum body.

If you choose to drive it like a racing car you must maintain it like a racing car. That means a thorough nut and bolt inspection (ball joints and tie rods especially) before and after every track event. Proper attention could have avoided ruining this sweet roadster. What a shame.

That was beautiful. Especially the running on hands part. (I had an '85 Nova, it sucked goat balls)

You should see the overhead shots, I almost choked on my corn pops when it came up on the TV.

Almost made Doohan whiff. Great race, the commitment is palpable.

Touche, I will need to brush up on my Skyline knowledge. I think we Americans sometimes forget that there are lower trim levels than GTR.

R32's and 33's go rwd when you pull the ATTESA fuse. One could just put a toggle switch on the console....

I'm pretty sure the baddies will run out of ammo before this thing quits.

The article says small-block, and if you look closer you can see the driver in the stock position and the stock dash top, that along with the front suspension seems to indicate that this is built on a production platform.

Yeah but you can sell parts to bring down to 500, if you're going racing, do you need that opulent interior?

Oh alright then. We are all free to voice opinions here, sorry if I came across as obnoxious. I think that lowness is just a show thing, where nobody would ever try to drive it that low. I think it looks nifty at rest.